Under a blanket of low hanging clouds. A mid day westbound on the Yadkin Valley Railroad heads towards the turning point of Elkin, NC. Movements through this portion of the YVRR westbound around t... (more)
YVRR train YV2 heads back eastbound toward the Winston-Salem, NC interchange with Norfolk Southern.
Freshly painted Yadkin Valley GP9 #205 at Rural Hall, NC || June 1985
Yadkin Valley 205 resting at Rural Hall, NC || Feb. 1992
The eastbound YV road train slowly rolls through the farmland surrounding the Yadkin River as a farmer works a field in his John Deer.
Departing downtown Elkin eastbound, where the Elkin & Allegheny once left the Southern and travel through the hills towards the VA state line.
As they pass over Big Elkin Creek, the crew of YV02 hands off their car listing to the YV01 crew on the ground who will soon take over this consist for its continued trip east to Winston-Salem.
Almost at the end of their day, the YV02 crew passes the 1880 depot (now home to a small museum) a few miles from their destination of the NS Winston-Salem yard. Rural hall was once a junction bet... (more)
YV01 the Elkin switcher's 2 units have just returned from spending all morning switching the busy industries about 10 miles west of here at Roaring River. With the train dropped just west of town ... (more)
The eastbound YV road train rolls past a recent derailment sight where a covered hopper waits to be rescued.
On a beautiful spring day, the YV road train returns to Winston-Salem after picking up the consist from YV01 in Elkin.
Extra Yadkin Valley Railroad power lays over at Donaha in the wee hours of the morning. Up front EX-SP SD40T-2 #6003 and far back EX-CN GP40-2LW #9554. The mixing of fog coming from the Yadkin Riv... (more)
Westbound Yadkin Valley Railroad grain train at Roaring River, NC in September 1996.
Yadkin Valley train KP04 shoves into the NS yard in Winston Salem
Doing a little switching at the feed mill. The third unit was nice, especially since GP-9s were gone on NS.
